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NATURE made man to love the great out-of-doors 
and then for a playground gave him Arkansas 
with its mountains and rivers, fields and forests, 
lakes and springs, blue skies and flowers, where every 
shady spot invites the wayfarer to linger and every 
little stream whispers hope and promise to those who 
seek rest and health — Arkansas, a vacation land right 
here at home. 

This booklet is intended to tell the pleasure-seeker, 
whether he be a resident of the State or the tourist 
from a distant land, where resorts may be found such 
as have made provision for the entertainment of visit- 
ors. There are scores of villages and towns in the State 
where the surroundings arc attractive and where ac- 
commodations may be procured and there are desirable 
camping places on almost every mile of the many hun- 
dred miles of good roads through the State, yet it is 



practicable to include in this publication only the estab- 
lished health and pleasure resorts or permanent play- 
grounds of the State. 

There are in Arkansas resorts where the largest and 
most fashionable hotels in the world may be found and 
there are other resorts where the simple bungalow en- 
ables the sojourner to live as inexpensively as he would 
live at home, and there are hospitable camping places 
in the open country where everything is free and one 
may live as he pleases — breathe the pine-tinctured 
o^^one, drink of the health-giving waters, enjoy tiie 
wonderful landscapes, hunt fish, rest and play. 

It requires no long and tiresome journey by rail or 
steamer to reach the Arkansas playgrounds, for thev 
arc within a few hours ride by automobile for millions 
of vacationists in Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri, Kan- 
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v\ lioin have been going to Colorado for the landscapes, 
to the Adirondacks for their fishing and to the Atlantic 
to take a swim, not knowing that all of these pastimes 
were possible at a much less expense in Arkansas. 

When it comes to climate Arkansas will compare 
records with any State. She has more days of clear 
sunshine than does that part of California of which 
r.os Angeles is the center ; her winter climate is com- 
parable with that of other Southern States and the sum- 
mer temperatures are r.ioderated both by the balmy 
Gulf breezes and by the altitude of the mountains. 
In summer or winter 't is a delightful country with a 
well distributed rainfall, few extremes of heat or cold 
and a remarkable inuiiunity from the severities of the 
elements. 

The pictures give one an idea of the natural beauty 
of the country, but thev are only glimpses of the great 
panoramas that a trip through Arkansas will unfold 



to the visitor and they are only suggestive of the 
pleasures that await him. A general tourist map of the 
United States will show roads that lead to the principal 
gateways of the State and the small map in the back of 
this book will show the main highways from these 
gateways to the numerous resorts of the State. Along 
the main roads there are convenient service stations 
where information may be obtained regarding suitable 
camping places, taverns, etc., and the traveler will find 
no difficulty in making the overland journey. The 
larger cities as a rule permit tourists to stop in certain 
parks where water and fuel are available. If this is 
not desirable the car may be put in the garage and ac- 
commodations obtained at the hotel. 

This publication is issued by the State of Arkansas 
and is intended as an official invitation to the stranger 
to come to Arkansas to rest and play. and to enjoy all 
of the recreative plea.sures that nature has provided. 



List of Springs and Wells 



Armstrong Springs, White County, clear, odorless, 
sparkling, with slight chalybeate taste. 

Baker's Sulphur .'springs, Howard County. 

Big Chalybeate Spring, Garland County ; flow. 26S.- 
.S40 gallons in 24 hours; slightly effervescent. 

Big Spring. Phillips County. 

Black Springs, Montgomery County. 

Blalock Springs, Polk County; analysis shows -;ul- 
phu rated hydrogen. 

Blanco Spring, Garland County. 

Blue Springs, Carroll County. 

Bon Air (Chalybeate) Spring, Stone County; clear, 
heavily impregnated with iron. 

Cox's Alum Spring, Scott County. 

Crystal Springs, ATontgomery County. 

Diamond Springs, Benton County, one mile east 
of Rogers; clear and sparkling; furnishes water for 
city of Rogers. 

Dallas Town Spring, Polk County. 

De Soto Spring, Marion County. 

Dove Park (Brown) Springs, Hot Spring County; 
pleasant taste, no odor, analysis shows iron. 

Electric Spring, Benton County near Rogers ; lime 
water with small quantities of the alkalies. 

Elixir Spring. Boone County ; contains less .solid 
matter in solution than any of the springs of the 
north part of the State that have been analyzed. 

Esculapia Springs, Benton County ; three miles 
from Rogers. 

Eureka Springs, Carroll County; the strongest 
flowing are Basin and Sycamore springs. These 
waters are remarkable for their purity, containing 



only from five to seven grains of solids per gallon 
They contain mainly carbonates of lime and magnesia, 
with small amounts of sulphates, chlorides and a'k.-i 
lies. 

Frisco Spring, Benton County, in Township 19 N . 
29 W., Section 33. 

Grandma Chase's, Springs, Garland County, six 
miles northwest of Hot'Springs, including Red Chaly- 
beate and Dripping Springs. The water from Drip- 
ping Spring is tasteless and odorless, with a neutral 
reaction and no deposit of iron ; that from Chaly- 
beate Spring forms a deposit of reddish brown hy- 
droxide of iron ; is clear and has a slight odor, but 
no sulphurated hydrogen. 

Gray's Spring, Howard County. 

Gillon's White Sulphur Spring, Garland County. 

Griffin Spring, White County, four miles north of 
Searcy ; water is strongly chalybeate. 

Happy Hollow Spring, Garland County, near Ar- 
lington Hotel, in city of Hot Springs; water colorless, 
odorless and tasteless, with neutral reaction. 

Happy Hollow Chalybeate Spring, Garland County, 
near Happy Hollow Spring above described ; water 
has faint chalybeate taste, is colorless and odorless. 

Homing Hill Spring, Pulaski County, on the Gen- 
eral Garland place southwest of Little Rock. 

Howard's Mineral Wells, Independence County, 
near Sharp's Cross Roads, seven miles northwest of 
Batesville; waters are highly charged with mineral 
salts, are colorless and odorless, with a saline laste. 

Intermittent Spring, Marion County. 

Jackson Spring, Marion County. 




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Lithia Spring, Baxter County. 

Lithia Spring, Hempstead County, five and one- 
half miles south of Hope. 

Long Spring, Hempstead County. 

Mineral S])rings, Clark County, two miles north- 
west of Antoine. 

Magazine Spring (Ellington's Gas Well), Logan 
County, mile from Magazine; water is clear; bubbles 
of gas which rise in pipe may be ignited ; no reaction 
for sulphurated hydrogen. 

Mammoth Spring, Fulton County, largest spring 
in the United States ; flows like a great river from side 
of low rocky ridge ; clear, with even temperature of 
58 degrees, Fahrenheit ; discharge estimated at 9,000 
barrels a minute ; so large an amount of carbonic acid 
is held in solution that the surface of the wonderful 
fountain is in a continual state of eflfervescence. 

Mineral Spring, Howard County; small deposit of 
iron oxide. 

Mountain Spring, Lonoke County, five miles north- 
west from Austin ; considerable deposit of iron. 

Mountain \^alley Spring, twelve miles north of Hot 
Springs ; tastes of iron ; reaction neutral. 

Mount Nebo Springs, Yell County, near Dardanelle ; 
located on bench of mountain. 

National Spring, Logan County; in town of 
National; water is clear and forms no sediment of 
iron. 

Pinnacle Spring, Faulkner County ; water forms a 
heavy deposit of iron. 

Poison Spring, Carroll County. 

Potash Sulphur Springs, Garland County, seven 
miles southeast of Hot Springs. 



Searcy Sulphur Sjiring, White County, in city ot 
Searcy ; gas bubbles from water. 

Silurian Springs, Benton County ; water flows from 
chert formation ; clear, cool and pure. 

Starne Springs, Independence County, thirteen 
miles southwest of Batesville ; chalybeate. 

Sugar Loaf .Sprmg, Cleburne County, in Heber 
Springs ; six springs are enclosed in a park : Arsenic. 
White Sulphur, Black Sulphur. Chalybeate, Red Sul- 
phur and Eye Springs. 

Silver Spring, Benton County, one of the largest 
and most beautiful springs in Arkansas. 

Springfield Town Spring, Conway County. 

State Salt Spring. Franklin County; saline. 

Sulphur Spring, Newton County, nine miles from 
Harrison. There are several sulphur springs in this 
vicinity. 

Stonewall Spring, Marion County. 

Sulphur Spring, Benton County. 

Sulphur Spring, Yell County. 

Tom Thumb Spring, Newton County, six miles 
from Marble City and fifteen miles from Harrison, on 
the west side of Gaither's Cave ; water is clear, odor- 
less and has a slightly alkaline taste. 

Valley Springs, Boone County ; two large springs 
of clear, cold water flow froin chert bed. 

Watula Spring, Franklin County, north of Ozark. 

Washington County Springs ; descriptions and 
analyses of several springs. 

Waters Spring, Garland County, four luiles south- 
east of Hot Springs. 

Winona Springs, Carroll County, six miles south- 
east of Eureka Springs. 



A Word About Mineral Waters 



Arkansas is a well watered State. Hundreds of 
beautiful, free-flowing springs of excellent water gush 
from hillsides and valleys in all parts of the State. In 
the limestone region north of the Boston Mountaitis 
such springs a:;e especially abundant, large and beau- 
tiful. They are not mineral waters, properly speaking, 
but they are more valuable than if they were. Some 
of these springs are so big that they are utilized for 
driving mills, cotton gins and other machinery, and a - 
their discharges are subject to little or tio fluctuations 
throughout the year they are free from the dangers 
of freshets and the risks of droughts. Such are Los- 
ter's Spring, six tniles west, and "Big Spring," six 
miles northwest of Batesville; another on Mill Creek, 
Stone Countv ; one at Marble Citv. Newton Countv : 



another on Rush Creek, Marion County and one at 
Silver Spring, Benton County. 

Besides these truly gigantic springs, no one who 
travels through North Arkansas can fail to be im- 
pressed by the great number of large and beatitiful 
springs to be found at every town and village, to say 
nothing of those at almost every farm house. Espe- 
cially worthy of mention are the springs at Big Flat, 
Lone Rock, Harrison, Bcllcfontc, \ alley Springs. 
Western Grove, Yardelle, Marble City, Francis Post- 
office (Bear Creek Springs), Berryville, Whitencr 
and Spring Valley. 

Fortunately, the State has made an analysis of a 
type of these fine springs — that of \'alley Springs. 
Boone County. That analysis shows the water to con- 



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tain only 15 grains of mineral matter to the gallon, 
almost all of which is carbonate of lime. 

There is also an abundance of springs whose waters 
are remarkable for their purity; such are the Crescent 
Springs at Eureka Springs, Carroll County, and Elixir 
Spring at Elixir, Boone County. These springs con- 
tain less than six grains of mineral matter to the gal- 
lon. It should be noted in regard to these two springs 
in particular, and the same is no doubt true of many 
other springs in that part of the State, that their 
waters pass down through cherts, rocks that have but 
little easily soluble matter in them. 

Running across North Arkansas from Batesville to 
the Oklahoma line is a formation spoken of in the 
Geological reports as the Batesville sandstone; it is 
the coarse, yellowish brown sandstone on which and 
partly of which Batesville is built. Several other 
towns of North Arkansas are built on this same 
sandstone ; namely. Mountain \'iew, Marshall. St. Joe 
and Green Forest. The towns mentioned get their 
water supply from wells dug in this Batesville sand- 
stone; the water is .soft, cool and abundant. 

It is a popular belief that mineral waters are "Na- 
ture's remedies," and that as they are good things the 
more one has of them the better. The analyses of 
our mineral waters show that some of them contain 
large quantities of Epsom salt, Glauber's salt, and 
common salt. Now no one would suppose for a mo- 
ment that the habitual daily use by a healthy person 
of large quantities of these salts could be anything 
else than injurious, Epsom salt is E]5som salt, and its 
physiological eiifects are the same whether one takes 
it from a sparkling spring in the mountain or from the 



be 11 tits of a drug store. Some of the mineral waters 
of the State are highly charged with such ingredients; 
e\ery gallon of the'Pota.sh Sulphur water contains 33 
grains of Glauber's salt ; every gallon of the National 
Spring water at National, Logan County, contains 
33 grains of Glauber's salt and 46 grains of Epsom 
salt; every gallon of the water from Howard's min- 
eral well at Sharp's Cross Roads, Independence 
County, contains 160 grains of Glauber's salt and 113 
grains of Epsom salt. Such waters should not be used 
without some reference to what they contain. It is 
not meant to imply that these and similar waters are 
dangerous, but simply that they have important medic- 
inal properties, that they should be used as medicines 
with discrimination, and that those who have no need 
for such medicines should not use them. It should be 
remembered also that whether a water is a good or 
bad for the general use depends, not on the amount 
of n'atter it holds in solution, but rather on the quality 
of that matter. The waters containing carbonate of 
lime, and the chalybeate waters, are generally good 
ones, but the habitual use of magnesian waters is in- 
jurious to most persons in spite of the fact that they 
may be beneficial to the same persons at times when 
they stand in need of such remedies. Ajid because 
one can advantageously drink large quantities of the 
waters of Eureka Springs, Elixir Springs and Hot 
Springs — waters containing but little mineral matter 
in solution — it must not be inferred that he can drink 
like quantities of strong magnesian waters with sim- 
ilar effects. Rough tests of artesian wells at Camden 
show that they contain large quantities of calcium 
chloride, a substance quite unusual in mineral waters. 



About the Weather in Arkansas 



ARKANSAS has a mild winter climate, due to its 
being sheltered by a range of mountains on the 
north and west ; and its summers are made cool and 
pleasant by its enjoyment of the full sweep of the Gulf 
breezes from the southward, in which direction the 
country gently slopes. 

Records of the United .States Weather Bureau show 
that there is an average annual rainfall of 47 inches. 
evenly distributed through the months. The average 
annual temperature for the state is 60.8 degrees. The 
readings by months at Little Rock follow: January, 



42.1; February, 44.0; March, 53.2; April, 62.5; May, 
70.1 ; June, 77.6; July, 80.6; August, 76.6; September, 
74.2 ; October, 63.4 ; November, 52.3 ; December, 
44.0. 

The prevailing direction of the winds over most of 
the state are northwesterly in winter and southerly 
to westerly in summer. In the northwestern portion 
the prevailing direction of the wind is from the east 
every month in the year. 

These climatic advantages make Arkansas resorts 
attractive in both winter and summer. 



Visitors to Arkansas may see a real diamond mine — the only one in America — where gems as pure and 
precious as those of South Africa arc found in the earth. The diamond deposits are located near Murfrees- 
boro, in Pike County, not far from the largest peach orchard in the world. 



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The Hot Springs of Arkansas 



Located on the .Uissvuri Pacific, Rock Island and Memphis, 
west of Little Rock. Round trip excursion rates on all railroads 

THE ownership and absolute control of the Hot 
Springs of Arkansas is vested in the United States 
Government. By Act of Congress in 1832 they were 
set apart as "A National Sanitarium for all time," and 
"dedicated to the people of the United States to Ijl- 
forever free from sale or alienation." Recently by 
special Act the reservation was given the status of a 
National Park. 

Hot Springs is beautifully situated in the midst ul 
pine-clad hills, with a climate that is pleasant all the 
year. Owing to the ele\ation and constant breezes, 
the summers are pleasant, but the resort has its largest 
patronage in winter when visitors from the North go 
there to escape the snow and blizzards and play golf 
on the green links or motor over the smooth drive- 
ways on the Hot Springs reservation. Winters are 
mild and balmy. Hot Springs is the gathering place 
of the pleasure seeker and sightseer, as well as the sick 
and suffering, and one meets here in the great hotels, 
magnificent bath houses, on the boulevards or in the 
amusement places some of the best known people in 
the country. 

The flow of the several hot springs is more than 
1,000,000 gallons daily and the temperature of ihc 
water averages 133 degrees, Fahrenheit. A bath in 
this water at a comfortable temperature is sti nulating, 
exhilarating and eliminant. The use of the waters 
opens the pores and channels of the body for the ex- 
pulsion of matters injurious to health, arouses torpid 
and sluggish secretions, stimulates the circulation, the 
muscles, the skin, the nerves, the internal organs and 
purifies the blood. 

The waters of the Arkansas Hot Springs are radio- 
active to a marked degree, due to dissolved radium 
emanation. This gas provides a means for carrying 
electrical energy into depths of the body and there sub- 
jecting the juices, the protoplasm and nuclei of the 
cells to an immediate bombardment by an explosion of 
electrical atoms, which stimulates cell activity and 
arouses all secretory and excretory organs. 

George H. Torney, surgeon general of the United 
States Army, with the approval of the Secretary of 
War, issued the following statement regarding the 
curative qualities of the Hot Springs waters: "Relief 
may be reasonably expected at the Hot Springs in the 
following conditions: in the various forms of gout 
and rheumatism, after the acute or inflam natory 
stage; neuralgia, especially when dei)ending upon 
gout, rheumatism, metallic or malarial poisoning, 
paralysis not of organic origin ; the earlier stages of 
locomotor ataxia; chronic Hright's disease (the earlv 



Dallas and Gulf railroads, in Garland county, 30 tniles south- 
at all seasons. 

Stages only), and other diseases of the urinary organs; 
functional diseases of the liver; gastric dyspepsia, not 
of organic origin; chronic diarrhoea, catarrhal affec- 
tions of the digestive and respiratory tracts; chronic 
skin diseases, especially the squamous varieties, and 
chronic conditions due to malarial infection." 

The government has made such improvements at 
Hot Springs that one may reach the summit of the 
three mountains, 500 or 600 feet above the city, by 
means of magnificent driveways and walks winding 
around the majestic hills whose flower-strewn paths 
are lined continually with throngs of interested people. 

Aside from being the greatest health resort in the 
world, Hot Springs is almost equally as famous for 
its pleasure features. Here the motorist may traverse 
the s.r.ooth surface highways for miles and miles 
amid purple tinted hills and picturesque valleys, or the 
horseman may enjoy a canter up the inviting trails to 
the mountain tops and view the marvelous scenes of 
enduring beauty such as only can be found in the Ar- 
kansas Ozarks. 

In the city the thoroughfares are lined with high- 
class theatres, moving picture and vaudeville shows. 
Summer theatres and picturesque parks offer amuse- 
ment second to none anywhere on earth. 

Certain of the National and American League clubs 
go to Hot Springs each season for their preliminary 
work, which means that the greatest exhibition games 
of baseball in the United States are to be seen on the 
"X'apor City" diamond. 

Some of the places of interest in and around Hot 
Springs are: Golf links and Country Club, Malvern 
road, one mile south of city; DeSoto Spring Pavilion, 
one of the finest cold water drinking pavillions in 
the world. The Japanese Room in connection has 
been pronounced by critics as a great work of art ; 
Steel Observation Tower, 165 feet high. A view can 
be had from this tower for miles in all directions. Os- 
trich Farm — One of the finest ostrich farms in Amer- 
ica can be reached by Whittington Avenue car line. 
Alligator Farm — The largest alligator farm in America 
is located on Whittington Avenue. The .Armv and 
Navy General Hospital — conducted by the United 
States Government for the benefit of retired and ac- 
tive soldiers and sailors of the army and navy. No 
hospital in the world records as niany cures as this 
one, 95 per cent of the soldiers and sailors sent here 
being returned to duty. Arbordale Springs, located 
three miles from the city limits on the Little Rock-Hot 
Springs Highway. Peautiful lakes for swimming and 
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Ouachita River and Arkadel|)hia road. Boats and 
swimming are provided as amusetucnt. The moun- 
tain drives and walks on both mountains are main- 
tained by the United States Government and furnisli 
much recreation for the visitors. 

Every visitor should see the wonderful hot springs 
on the Reservation before leaving the city. A few of 
the springs are open for inspection. It is a wonder- 
ful sight to see this hot water gush from the bowels 
of the mountain. Mountain Valley Spring and Hotel, 
located 14 miles from city limits, is one of the finest 
watering places in Amercia. Radio-Magnesia Pa- 
vilion is another famous cold water spring which is 
[)atronized by thousands of visitors annually. Happy 
Hollow, on Fountain Street, is visited by all tourists 
w iio obtain much pleasure and enjoyment from the 
.r'nisement furnished bv the nirii;it,'crir nnd frcik 



photography and other forms of recreation. Whit- 
tington Park, at the end of car line on Whittington 
.\venue — Many forms of amusement, the training 
home of the Boston-Americans and Pittsburg-Na- 
tionals baseball teams. Oaklawn Race Track, located 
on Lower Central Avenue, one-half mile from city 
limits; finest winter one-mile race track in the world. 
Ozark-Lithia Springs, seven miles from city, main- 
tains a fine hotel, where dinner parties are served in 
connection with cold water springs. 

Here are located some of the largest and most lux- 
urious bath houses in the world, many of the bathing 
pavilions rivaling in architectural beauty the marble 
palaces of ancient Greece and Rome. The baths are 
operated under Government supervision, the prices 
and attendants' fees being regulated by the authori- 
ties. For the indigent the Government maintains a 
free balh linine \\'\\h mediral ad\'isors. 



Eureka Springs 



Located un the crest of the Ozarks, in Carroll county; nort.iwest Arkansas; served by the Missouri and North Arkansas 
Kiilroad, within a night's ride of Kansas City and St. Louis and only a few hours from Joplin, Springfield and Ft. Smith. 



rUREKA is a city of springs, more than 50 natural 
■^^ fountains bubbling from its mountain sides, sup- 
plying an abundance of pure and health-giving waters 
not only for the visitors who go there in the winter 
from the North and in the summer from the South, 
but for shipment to those who cannot make a visit to 
this delightful resort, for bottled Eureka water is 
served on the dining cars and in the principal hotels 
and at drug stores almost everywhere — water noted 
for its sparkle and purity. 

The springs are owned by the city and the waters 
are free to the people. Some of the waters have 
medicinal qualities and are prescribed for certain ail- 
ments, especially those aflfecting the digestive and ner- 
vous system. Hundreds of health-seekers are bene- 
fited by their visits to Eureka Springs. 

The rugged landscape gives the place an Alpine ef- 
fect, noticeable especially in the meanderings of 
streets through the valley and up the mountain side, 
where the terraces are lined with attractive hotels, 
beautiful homes and here and there a park or pavilion 
with resting places for the traveler. 

The capicity of the several modern hotels and nu- 



merous boarding places in Eureka Springs is sufficient 
Lo accommodate some 6,000 guests and in summer and 
winter there are interesting programs for the amuse- 
ment and entertainment of the visitors. 

About the city are many beautiful drives and mo- 
toring and horseback riding are both favorite pastimes. 
Fishing and boating are to be enjoyed in White and 
Kings Rivers, \ 

Camping places for tourists are provided in Spring 
Lake Park, a woodland overlooking a beautiful lake 
which has a bathing beach and affords fishing and 
boating. 

A modern automobile highway has been completed 
between Eureka Springs and Seligman, Mo. Tourists 
from Chicago, St. Louis and Springfield should route 
\ia Monett, Mo. Those from Nebraska, Kansas and 
Kansas City, through Joplin, and from points in Ok- 
lahoma through Neosho, Mo. 

The weather records show that Eureka Springs 
has 209 clear days, as compared with 171 clear days 
for Los Angeles, Cal. The winters are mild and the 
summers delightfully cool because of the elevation, 
which ranges from 1,500 to 1,800 feet. 



Few countries can surpass Arkansas in the beauty of its mountain landscape. The hills are zvooded ivith 
evergreens and broadleafs, the pine appearing as bands of deeper green. Along some of the streams are 
mighty cliffs with touseled cedars and scragly pine clinging to their unfriendly sides. Everywhere arc springs, 
the purity of whose waters is unsurpassed. In the valleys are streams, broken by rapids and waterfalls. — 
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Diamond Cave, Newton County 



Located in Newton county three miles southwest of Jasj^er. 
Arkansas, Pettigrew on the Frisco, Russellville on the Missou 

BECAUSE of the brilliancy of the calcite crystals 
which like myriads of icicles, fresco the walls 
and ceiling of its many miles of subterranean pas- 
sageways, this wonderful cavern of Northern Arkan- 
sas is called Diamond Cave. Explorations up to the 
present time do not show it to be quite as large as 
the Mammoth Cave of Kentucky, but it is more beau- 
tiful in its display of underground wonders, the fan- 
tastic appearance of the illuminated interior resem- 
bling an imaginary fairyland. 

The trip by auto from Harrison to Jasper and 
thence to the cave is one of unusual interest, the 
road winding around the majestic hills, dipping down 
into the green valleys, crossing swift-flowing mountain 
streams, and penetrating thick forests where the crisp 
mountain air is tinctured with the odor of pine and 
cedar and a scent of wild flowers is remindful of 
woodland violets and distant meadows. 

At Jasper there are convenient hotel facilities, and 
after a rest the journey is resumed to the cave, where 
expert guides are furnished to conduct visitors through 
the great cavern, which is explored by many motorists 
travelling through the state, as well as by hundreds 
of tourists who make the special excursion to see the 
wonderplace. 

Entering the cave one descends a flight of ten or 
more steps into a large chamber, the walls of which 
are draped with stalactite tapestry that is at once 
fascinating and grotesque. No sculptor could have 
chiseled an effect more artistic. For a hundred yards 
the great reception hall extends to another stairway 
down which the guide leads the visitors into the Red 
Room. 

This chamber is jierhaps the most beautiful in the 
cave. The height of the ceiling is probably 60 feet 
and the width of the room is more than 40 feet. The 
limestone walls are stained a vivid red by the iron- 
impregnated waters which trinkle in small streams 
from the veins of the massive rock. 

Passing out of the Red Room the cavern winds in 
serpentine fashion through the bowels of the moun- 
tain until the visitor is ushered into the bridal cham- 
ber of Adam and Eve, the place being so named be- 
cause of the appearance of two life-like bits of stone 
which one may easily imagine to be statues of the 
first newly-weds. It is here that the flash of the 
guide's light reveals numerous pools of clear water, 
from which the thirsty tourist may obtain a refresh- 
ing draught. 



Nearest railroad stalinn Harrison on the Missouri and North 
ri Pacific. Reached by automobile via Jefferson highway. 

Beyond are two large jjillars, leaning over and 
touching one another, and the performance of passing 
through the narrow entrance is facetiously called 
"hugging the widow." Next is the State Capitol, a 
mammoth chamber which, because of its broad ex- 
panse and lofty dome, resembles the new State House 
at Little Rock. This is a mile back under the moun- 
tain, a wonder in natural architecture, more beautiful 
than the temples of Greece and as enduring as the 
Rock of Gibraltar. 

Leaving the State Capitol the tourist enters Crystal 
Lane, a narrow passage through which you must pro- 
ceed slowly and cautiously into the Sugar Room, so 
called because the floor is covered several inches 
deep with pulverized stone or sand resembling white 
and brown sugar. 

The Angel of the Grotto, the Bucking Shoals and 
the Grand Divide are landmarks on the way through 
a weird passage to the Stork's Nest, where one must 
bend low to get under the arched rock and slide 
through "Fat Man's Agony," an inclined path be- 
tween closely crowded pillars. The Garden of the 
Gods is a chamber containing many peculiarly formed 
rocks, some of which are strangely life-like. There is 
a Statue of Liberty standing erect under a spray of 
water, the ripple of which is the only sounfl that 
breaks the stillness of the silent cavern. 

Beyond is the Auditorium of Rome, where the ca\ e 
spreads out like a great theatre with seating room for 
more people than probably ever were present in the 
ancient forum. There is a thrilling slide down Lov- 
er's Leap to a point in the cave where the visitors 
may behold the Pipe Organ, formed by the sediment 
accumulated through the ages from dripping streams 
of limestone water. The calcite stems, or pipes of the 
organ, are so tense and delicate that the scale of music 
can be run by deftly tapping the rigid rock, and the 
cave is thus made to ring with melody. 

Three miles from the entrance and probably 500 
feet beneath the surface the tour is brought to a close 
in Solomon's Temple, a great room in which there are 
innumerable queer shaped pillars and some of the 
most grotesque formations, affording an unusual op- 
portunity to study the oddities of the cave. 

It is said that the cave has been explored for some 
twenty miles from the entrance, but at present this is 
as far as tourists are taken and the return to the 
outer world is n.ade by practically retracing the 
course of the inward trip. 




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Little Rock, the State Capital 



l.ociilcd ill aiiiiosl Ihc i/cotjnifiluctil center of the SUilc. mi lit 
and Cotton Belt Railroads: popii/alioii mo.oao; elevation .'5(1 

BKCAUSJC of its cnnvcr.iciit railroad facilities and 
its accessibility to motorists. Utile Rock-, the L'a|)- 
ilal of Arkansas, has come to be one of the great con- 
vention cities of the South, visited annually by nian\' 
thousands of tourists, some of whom cnme to rii-.L'ud 
state and national meetings, others to make it one of 
their stops on a tour of the State, and a great number 
to stop for a protracted visit for the climate, the siglil- 
seeing opportunities and the hospitality of the city 
combine to make a stay here pleasnr;d)le and interest- 
ing at all times of the year. 

Little Rock is called the City of Roses because of th ; 
predominance of the rose in the floral adornment of 
the lawns and parkways of its many beautiful resi- 
dence streets. \'iolets bloom throughout the winter, 
giving an ai)])earance of springtime to a landscape in 
the background of which towers that most majestic of 
all evergreens, the southern ]iine. It is a land where tin- 
magnolia mingles its fragrance with the breath of th • 
lilac and where the crepe myrtle and umbrella china 
give touches of pink and green to colorfid pictures — 
pictures of ante-belltim mansions, of moilern l)nnga- 
lows. of groves of old elms, of pictures(|ue turns in 
shadv roadways, of sletpy cy])resses nodding over sliil 
lakes, of fields of .-nowy cotton and of green land- 
scapes, blue skies and golden sunshine. 

This beautiful city is built upon the heights that 
overlook the rich valleys of the .\rkansas River and 
the green prairies and gentle slopes that stretch east- 
ward and southward are like a great lawn and expanse 
of shrubbery before some royal estate; back of the 
city's castle-like skyline of domes and sjjires are the 
Ozark Mountains, with their orchards, forests and 



,■ .lilcansas h'.'tir; scncd by the Missouri Pacific, Rock Island 
to 500 feet. 

nu'nes, giving substantial sustenance to the great city, 
and from the doorways, north, east, south and west, 
stretch ]'aths of commerce leading to the markets of tlu- 
world, southward to the (julf, northward to the lakes, 
eastward to the Atlantic and westward to the Pacific. 

The llankhead Highway, an East-to-West motor 
trail, at Little Ki>ck intersects the Pershing Highway. 
.'! similar roadway extending from North to .Scjuth. 
' )ther hard-surfaced roads radiate from the Capital 
('it\' in all directions, n^aking possible delightful side 
t:-i])s by automobile from Little Rock to Hot Springs, 
a distance of only 54 miles, to Pine lUuff 43 miles 
southwest, to the rice fields only 20 miles east and in.o 
the beautiful hill country on the west. 

Camp Pike, where 7.^.000 soldiers were trained dur- 
ing the world war. is located just on the outskirts of 
the city. Fort Logan H Roots occu]jies a ])Osition over- 
looking the city, on P)ig Rock Mountain. There are 
Stale inslitulions worth}' of a visit on a stop at Little 
Rock— the School for the Hlind, the Deaf Mute In- 
stitute. The State Hosj.iital and the State Penitentiary. 

Camping places for motor parties are afforded in 
the several parks and many groves within and adja- 
cent to the city. Tourists can be directed to these 
])laces on reaching the city by inquiring at any service 
station. '1 he city is well provided with hotels where 
the \isitor will find the best of accommodations. 

During the summer season there ^e amusements at 
beautiful Forest Park, bathing at Willow Beach and 
entertainments at various other resorts in and near 
the city, besides the picture shows and theatres, of 
which there are in Little Rock some of the finest in 
the South. 



Hunting Curios at Magnet Cove 



GARNF.rS. opals, sunstones and lodestoncs are 
some of the rare and curious minerals found in 
Magnet Cove in the northern part of Hot Spring 
county, about midway betw^een Little Rock and Hot 
Springs, a place known to scientists everywhere be- 
cause of its i>eculiar geology and the number of va- 
rieties of rocks obtained there. There is iiardly a 
cabinet of minerals in the world that does not contain 



Piumcrous specimens from this renowned district. I'he 
Cove is the relic of an ancient basin of thermal springs, 
similar to those now active in Yellowstone Park. A 
magnetic influence of tlie rocks is so strong that the 
needle of the surveyor's transit is disturbed on passing 
over the gnnmd. The interesting place is reached by 
a short drive over a good road from Malvern. Butter- 
lield or Lonsdale. 



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Y. W. C. A. Camp 



Located near Benton, on the Missouri Pacific Railroad, 24 miles southwest of Little Rock. 



UNDER the whispering pines and within the sound 
of the rippling waters of beautiful Saline River 
the Little Rock Y.W. C. A. has established a permanent 
camp which is of more than local importance as a place 
of rest and recreation, being visited by many prominent 
state workers as well as local members during the 
summer activities of this organization. The buildings 



are constructed of rustic materials and are provided 
with comfortable accommodations. There is a fine 
spring on the premises and bathing, fishing and boating 
may be enjoyed and all manner of out-door games are 
indulged in. Visits have been made to the camp by 
bodies of girls and women from the nearby cities of 
Benton, Little Rock and Hot Springs. 




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Located 18 miles west of Little Rock on the Little Rock, Maumelle & Weslern Railroad. 



THREE automobile highways lead from Little 
Rock out into the hill country in the western part 
of Pulaski County where Chenault Mountain and The 
Pinnacle rear their pine-clad peaks a thousand feet 
above the sea and overlook two of the most beautiful 



Ozark streams, the Maumelles, big and little. In the 
midst of this beautiful country nestles the little vil- 
lage of Ferndale and nearby in a shady grove and 
within the sound of waterfalls is Protho Camp 
Ground, a favorite picnic resort and outing place. 









Petit Jean Mountain 



LIKE the prow of a great ocean vessel, plowing 
through a smooth sea, the eastern extremity of 
Petit Jean Moimtain stands high above the level valley 
of the Arkansas river and from its quarterdeck the eye 
lias a range of many miles of beautiful landscape. It 
is upon these heights, reached by automobile road from 
Morrilton, that the Y. M. C. A. has selected a site for 



a Slate Hoy's Lamp and that $50,000 will be spent 
m permanent imjiruvements for the comfort and 
pleasure of the youth of Arkansas and other states. 
The healthful altitude, inspiring scenery and invigor- 
ating pastimes make this woodland jdayground a de- 
lightful summer retreat and it is visited b}- many In-'.n 
dreds of tourists e\ery year. 



Baker Springs, in Howard County 

JUST south of the soutiiern border of the Arkansas a popular gathering ])!ace for summer tunri>is and 
Forest Reserve, on the upper waters of Mountain health seekers. The sulphur waters have rare medic- 
Fork River and within easy driving distance over good inal value and the surroundings are attractive. Boggs 
automobile roads from the Kansas City Southern Rail- Springs and Hatton Gap are neighboring resorts. Rich 
road, is Baker Springs, which for many years has been Mountains, with an elevation of 2,750 feet, are near. 




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Mena and the Rich Mountains 



NT ATURF, has been lavish in bestowing its blessings 
■'■ ^ upon Mena, for this little city nestles high upon 
the sunny side of the Rich Mountains, one of the 
most picturesque ranges of the Ozarks. with its front 
windows open to the balmy south winds and quietly en- 
joyin_<j; a cliniale that is delightful both in summer and 
winter, \carby are swift-flowing mountain streams, 
fed i)y clear cold springs, and everywhere is the most 
interesting landscape. In summer the nights are cool 
and refreshing and in winter the weather is mild and 
comfortable, the mountains to the northward securely 
sheltering the little resort city from snows and bliz- 
zards. 

Within the city is beautiful Janssen Park, with its 
wonderful spring and lakes, where the visitor may rest 
and filay. Three miles east of Mena is Bethesda 



Spring, with its sulphur and lithia waters which are 
noted for their health-giving qualities. Only a little 
farther away are Bog Springs and the little resort of 
Hatton. 

Good automobile roads bring these points of interest 
within easy reach of the sojourner at Mena and give 
access to the hunting and fishing places of the moun- 
tain country where one may camp beside sparkling 
streams and go afield for bird and hare. It is only a 
day's drive from Mena to Hot Sjjrings. through the 
great Ouachita Forest Reserve and in view of some of 
the most wonderful scenery in the Ozark region. 

Mena is well provided with hotels and boarding 
houses, and the hospitality of its people make the vis- 
itor feel at home. The city is provided with all modem 
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I T IGH up in the towering hills of Pike and Mom- which tourists journey for many miles to enjoy the 

•*• •*■ gomery Counties, where myriad of little springs wonderful mountain scenery, the healthful climate and 

mingle their crystal waters to form the Caddo River, the rare pleasures of hunting and fishing for which this 

is the attractive little city of Glenwood, which has part of Arkansas is noted. It is here that the Arkansas 

come to be far-famed as a place of recreation and to Press Association selected a location for a club house. 




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For beauty of stream and forest the Ouachita for those in (luesi of woodland playgrounds. This 
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Mount Magazine, Top of the Ozarks 



Located in Logan County, adjacent to Blue Mountain and 
of Little Rock, j?(5ri miles east of Oklahoma City; elevation 

ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITTANICA is authority for 
the statement that Mount Magazine, in Logan 
County, Arkansas, is the highest point between the 
Rockies and the Allegheneys. The elevation at the 
summit of this great mountain is indicated on govern- 
ment maps as 2,823 feet and it is here amid the forest 
trees where the breezes blow cool and fresh and where 
a view is had of the country for a hundred miles 
around, that a summer hotel has been erected and 
where many cottagers and tent-dwellers come to spend 
their annual vacations. 
One mile from Magazine h the Ellington Spring, 



ii'averly stations on the I\ock Island Railroad. 107 miles west 
?ti2S feet. 

which emits bubbles of gas that may be ignited. The 
water is clear and palatable. There are other springs 
and fresh water streams which afford pleasant camp- 
ing places and make outdoor life enjoyable. 

WHILE not posing as an exclusive resort city, 
Booneville is surrounded hy so many healthful 
advantages, scenic attractions and recreative features, 
that it is sought as a summer playground 

The State Tuberculosis Sanatorium is located three 
miles south of Booneville on a tract of land of one 
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Mount Nebo, Above the Clouds 

Located in 1 ••'/ L\>itiil\-, sczcn miU-J wcsl "J I Uniiiinciu-. rea.ii.n iiy Inc Mui'inn / ,/,i/;, i.ini.-ml ( ; m Rilssclkilli') ami //if 
Rock Island railroad, nearest railroad station Dardancllc. lilcv ation 1760 feet. 

THIS IS one of the oldest and most popular resorts maintain cottages on ilie mountain and occupy them 
in Arkansas, its convenient location bringing to it year after year, 
many patrons from Little RocU ami Fori Smith. .Mount \ebo rises abruptly from the valley of the 

which cities are within only a few iunirs ride by train .Arkansas River and i>^ 1,200 feet higher tlian the sur- 
or automobile Manv prominent families of the stale rounding country The summit, which is practically 




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level, is covered with timber and forms a beautiful 
park a mile in length and nearly half a mile wide. At 
this elevation the temperature is from 20 to 30 de- 
grees cooler than in the low ground, and breezes blow 
throughout the summer. There is a fine spring on the 
Ijench of the mountain about 150 feet from the sum- 
mit. 

Visitors to Mount Nebo often awake in the morn- 
ing to find themselves above the clouds, the views of 
the Arkansas Valley, which, on a bright day is an in- 
spiring sight, being obscured by misty billows which 
slowly retreat before the advancing orb of day. To 
see the sun arise from its bed of snowy white is a 
spectacle nearly as wonderful as that of witnessing 
the passing of the day from Sunset Rock. 



In making the trip one has the opportunity <>i 
cither crossing or seeing the largest pontoon bridge in 
the world, across the Arkansas River at Dardanelle. 
This bridge, improvised by the building of a floor 
from boat to boat, is 2,343 feet in length and it is so 
constructed as to rise and fall with the tide of the 
river. It is a part of the main thoroughfare between 
Dardanelle and Russellville. 

The drive by automobile or hack from Dardanelle to 
the summit of Mount Nebo is one of the most inter- 
esting features of the trip, the road winding its way 
through farms and meadows to the foot of the moun- 
tains and then through forests, by many loops and 
turns, up the gradual slope where an ascent of 1,200 
feet is made in a distance of about three miles. 




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ARCJL'XU Winslow the mounlains are so higli that Tlie elevation at the depot is 1735 feet, but tht- nioiin- 
the railroad had to build a tunnel to get into the tains nearby on which most of the residences and sum 
town. It is the highest incorporated town in Arkansas, mcr cottages are built tower to a height of 2000 feet. 




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Fort Smith A Western Gateway 



TOURISTS from Oklahoma and other Southwest- 
ern States will find Fort Smith a convenient en- 
trance to the Playgrounds of Arkansas, Winslow 
Monte Ne and Bella X'ista on the north. Mount Nebo, 
Mount Magazine and Hot Springs on the east, and 
Mena, Bogg Springs and Rich Mountain to the south. 
Trunk lines of railroads and the best of automobile 
highways lead to Fort Smith from the principal cities 
(if the West. Motorists will enter the historic fron- 
tier city over the new concrete bridge spanning the 



.Arkansas River and connecting the States of .Arkan- 
sas and Oklahoma. 

The American Aiujlcr has the following to say of 
fishing places near Fort Smith : "The clear, spring- 
fed, mountain-born streams about Fort Smith, Ark., 
provide excellent sport for the fly-caster. * * * 
For a few hours' sport, accessible by train and road 
conveyance, at varying distances from twelve to thirty 
miles, there is Frog Bayou, less well-known by the 
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Fayette ville, the University City 



MENTION is made in this book of Fayetteville 
not because it is an exclusive resort city but be- 
cause many people have gone there to make it their 
home, to enjoy the salubrious mountain climate and 
because it is visited annually by hundreds of pleasure- 
seekers who know of its attractions. Here is locatetl 
the Arkansas State University and College of Agri- 



culture. It is a city of beautiful homes. Good roads 
reach out from Fayetteville into the beautiful orchard 
country and farming region about Springdale, Lincoln, 
Prairie Grove and Brentwood. The climate, water 
and health conditions are all that a health resort could 
boast. Fayetteville has been selected as the location 
for a summer camp of the Methodist denomination. 




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The White River Country 



THERE is interest for the sportsman — good tish- 
ing and hiinting^all along the White River, but 
the stream is most attractive from a scenic point of 
view north of Batesville, in the famous Ozark Moun- 
tains. The wonderful landscape has made the White 
River Country famous as "The Hudson of the West." 
There are two wonderful float trips that may be 
taken down this stream, one from Galena, Mo., to 
Branson, Mo., and another from Branson, Mo., to 
Cotter, Ark., it being possible to spend several days 
on a journey by boat that requires only a few hours to 



retrace by train. Un a trip like this the fisherman 
may cast his flv at the gamest of fish — the White River 
bass. 

On the lower \\ hile River where the waters, tired 
from their strenuous passage through the mountains, 
flow calmly under the shade of cypress forests and 
past fields of cotton and rice, there are many e.xcellenl 
fishing and hunting places and those who do not care 
for the mountain altitudes and the rugged landscape 
.)f the hill country will not be disappointed in this 
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0«^ cannot analyze the perfume of a -wild rose, nor may one explain wholly the lure of the IVhite River 
coimtrv — the noblest pleasure ground of the Osarks. After you hare fished its streams, floated in a canoe 
through the blue magic of its moonlight, cantered over its trails in the freshness of early morning, and slept, 
night after night, beneath its stars, you zvill understand — a little. When, after many visits, you have come to 
know the land in the mistv tenderness of springtime, the full-blossomed beauty of summer, and the amazing 
gold-and-purple pageantry of flaming autumn; zchen you have made friends with the cosmopolitan fraternity 
of nature-lovers who are settling its villages and farms; when, by primitive firesides of quaint Ozark natives. 
you have listened to thrilling talcs of the strangely romuttic history of the region — then you ivill find that the 
charm of Ozarkland has stolen into \our heart. Iwldin i ynu a delighted, healthy, happy, red-blooded prisoner. 
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Sulphur Springs 



Located on the Kansas City Southern Railroad, 30^ iniles s"i(lli of Kansas t ily. ;^>,' nii/cs north of Fort Smith; elevation 



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HIGH up OH the plateaus where one may stand on 
the edge of the Ozark forests and look out upon 
the green prairies of Kansas and Oklahoma, is Sulphur 
Springs, located within a mile of the Arkansas-Mis- 
souri border. The resort has gained much of its fame 
because of the health-giving waters obtained from 
White Sulphur, Black Sulphur, Magnesia and Lithia 
Springs. »■ 



These springs are located in a beautiful park widun 
the city limits, where there are fine old shade trees 
and a beautiful Jake. There are some good hotels, 
numerous boarding houses and inviting camping 
places for the tourist. 

Good roads radiate from Sulphur Springs, bring- 
ing the resort within convenient reach of Joplin, 
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Located on the Kansas City Soulhcni l\i.iui\iad, ni lumii:^, 
of Fort Smith; eleatioii mo feet 

T T ERE is a city of springs and parks. Gushing 

*■ fountains of health pour forth their pure waters 

to gladden the heart of the tired, the thirsty and tlie 

sick. And there are six public parks in the limits of 

the beautiful and well-kept little city. Many iieojjle 

come to Siloam to drink of these waters, to rest in 

the shade of the trees, to enjoy the rare climate, and 

a resort city of some 3.000 (jopulation has grown up 

here within almost calling distance of four states. 



17 .IrL-ansiis. J-'9 miles south of Kansas City and yy miles norlii 

Among the amusement features in the city is a nata- 
torium where bathing may be enjoyed. There are nu 
merous parks. 

Two miles south of Siloam Springs is the 160-acrc 
tract selected by the Ozark Masonic Playground .Asso- 
ciation as a recreation place and improved with ten- 
nis courts, croquet grounds, ball diamonds, walks and 
driveways, a natatorium. assembly hall, dining lodge 
and refreshment pavilions. 




Bella Vista 



Located four miles north of Bentonville; Frisco railroad, automobiles meet all trains; good automobile, roads to Joflin. 
Tulsa and Springfield : elevation i^oo feet. 



NATURE'S Ciem of the Ozarks, is a term affec- 
tionately applied by the common consent of thou- 
sands of visitors to Bella Vista, a homelike summer 
resort set among the green hills overlooking Sugar 
Creek Valley in Benton County, the extreme north- 
west corner of Arkansas. It is said that $100,000 
have been spent in improving and beautifying the 
place. The two hundred or more private cottages 
and the central hotel, known as The Lodge, are pro- 
vided with running water, sewerage and electric 
lights, the water supply coming from a large spring 



in the mountain side and the electric power being gen- 
erated by water power from a dam across Sugar 
Creek. A lake some 80 acres in extent affords bnal- 
ing and bathing, and there i.s excellent fishing in the 
nearby streams. 

Golf links have been laid out in the smooth \alk\- 
at the foot of the mountain and there are ball 
grounds, a tennis court and a held for trap shooting. 
Roadways and walks have been built through the 
grounds up the sides and to the summit of the moun 
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]3;istinies. Tlicrc are good roads to Bentonville, the Tulsa, Joplin, Dallas, Fort Worth and Fort Smith 

Pea Ridge battlefield. Elk Horn Tavern and other are well represented among the cottagers. The summer 

nearby points ui interest. cliiratc at I '.clla \'ifta is iflcal, it being cool enough for 

A feature of this resort is the cottage life where the use of blankets at night. The days are bright and 

families enjov every homelike comfort. Little Rock, clear and the whole surroundings are invigorating. 



Two Niitidiial I'oii'sls arc in . Irkonsas. Ilir .liLuiiisas Wiliuiiiil l-oirsl cmbracmy nearly a million acres 
in Montgomcrx, Polk. Scott. Veil. Perry. Garland. Sehaslian. Loyan. Howard. Saline and Pike connties: and 
the Ozark National l-orest. .soniewliat lart/er in extent, lying in the Boston Mountains of the Ocark range in 
Marion. Baxter. Stone. Cleburne. I'an Buren. Conway. Searcy, Newton, Pof>e. Johnson, l-ranklin. Wash- 
ington and Crazoford counties — one south and tine north of the .Irkansas Riz'cr. The country embraced in thesi 
reserves is mountainous and timber. There are many streams of clear, swift- floi^'ing 'water, and fish and game 
are plentiful. The goz'ernment has built a system of good roads through portions of the forest, and tourists 
are permitted to zisit the reserzrs. camp, hunt and fish, under certain restrictions 'which are intended to safe- 
guard the timber from danger of fire. 



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Monte Ne, Benton County 

Located in Benton county, northwest Arkansas; five miles from Rogers, 20 miles from Fayetteville and within a night's 
ride of Dallas, St. Louis, Kansas City and Tulsa. Railroad station, Rogers, where automobiles meet all trains. 



SITUATED in a dimple of the smiling face of the 
Ozarks where the sun seems always to shine and 
the breezes are cool and fragrant, is Monte Ne with 
its hospitable club house, beautiful lake, shady groves 
and pleasant walks, a quiet and restful spot in the very 
heart of the mountains, the realization of a dream of 
its famous builder. Coin Harvey. 

The Club House Hotel, built in two sections, each 
300 feet in length, has 1,100 feet of porches and 76 
open fireplaces, with running water in every room. 

There is a lawn tennis court, music pavilion, plunge 



baths, boating facilities and various conveniences for 
the amusement and entertainment of visitors. White 
River is only a mile away, affording as fine fishing and 
boating as can be found along that stream. 

Monte Ne is on the Ozark Trails, an automobile 
highway traversing the mountain country and linking 
practically all of the cities of the Southwest. Two 
hundred miles of good road have recently been com- 
pleted in the vicinity of the resort, and motorists come 
from far and near to enjoy a rest and drink the waters 
at Monte Ne. 



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- Rogers -in -the -Ozarks 



Located on the Frisco Railroad, SS3 »iilcs southwest of St. Louis, 250 miles south of Kansas City, S5o miles northwest of 
Dallas and soo miles distant from Little Rock; elevation 1385 feet. 



WITHIN a few miles of Rogers are many attrac- 
tions for the tourist — springs, mountains and the 
beautiful White River. This is the tip top of the 
Ozarks, a comnmnity of resorts and there are the best 
automobile roads northward to Sulphur Springs, Ben- 



tonville and IJclla \'ista, eastward to Eureka Springs, 
southward to Monte Ne and Winslow and westward to 
Cave Springs and Siloam Sjirings. Kogers is an attrac- 
tive city of 4,000 people with good hotels and many 
beautiful homes. 



Cave Springs 



Located in the southern part of Benton County, on the Ozark 
tion 1175 feet. 

PROMINENT among the attractions at Cave 
Springs is a flowing cavern which supplies clear, 
cool water for a beautiful lake covering about eight 
acres. This lake is stocked with bass and trout and 
fishing and boating arc to he enjoyed by visitors. 
Nearby is the Illinois River, Healing Springs and Elm 



Irail; nearest railroad stations. Rogers and Lowell. Eleva- 

Springs and the Italian settlement of Tontitown with 
its extensive vineyards. 

For those who seek a quiet and restful spot, away 
from the rush and excitement of the crowded water- 
ing places, this little playground, tucked away in the 
bosom of the Ozarks, offers many advantages. 




Witts Springs, Searcy County 

l.DCLilcd in Ihe soiilhwesl turner of Searcy County, on the edye of the Ozark l-orest Reserve, elevation /yj^ feet; nearest 
railroad station, Marshall on the Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad. 



TWENTY miles southwest of Marshall in ihe heart 
of the Ozark Mountains is Witts Springs, f(ii' 
many years a favorite outinj^ iilace for the people of 
North Arkansas, and now one of the attractions of an 
automobile tour of the hill country. Thii place is 



reached by a drive over a good pike road, through a tive qualities. 



section famous for its lanilscape, leading from Mar- 
shall uj) the X'alley of Hear Creek to the edge of the 
great ( )zark h'orest Reser\e. where the ni(iunlaiiis 
reach a heiglit of 2.000 or more fee.t The waters of 
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C PRING LAKE PARK, a ten-acre enclosure near 
^ the center of Ileber Springs, contains a groii]) of 
marvelous springs, the waters from no two of wliich 
areahkein their chenucal co iiposition. Mntlu-r Xalnir. 
in her subterranean apothecary, seems to have con- 
pounded a remedy for every aihnent to which tired 
and infirm mankind is heir that tlicy mav he (hs])enseil 
at this wonderful fountain of iiealth. Tiiere is I Slack 
Sulphur Spring, the waters of whicli are beneficial to 
those suffering from blood, skin and digestive disor- 
ders; there is the Red Sulphur !~ipring. reconnnended 
for the relief of stomach and kidney troubles; there is 
the Arsenic Spring, said to be a specific for the treat- 
ment of malaria ; Eye Spring, healing to the eyes and 
relieves the sufferer from rheumatism. There is an 
alum and iron spring, each having its patronage for 
certain beneficial effects, and there are other springs 
that give forth streams of pure cobl water whicli claim 
to do no more than to slake the thirst and refr<'sh the 
inner man. 

.\bout these springs ha\e been built mmu'ruus tour- 
ist hoteN and manv beanlifnl homes, and l.irgc num- 



bers of visitors gather in >ummer and winter to drink 
of the waters, to enjoy the invigorating climate, to 
climb the hills and to fish and hunt along the pic- 
tures(|ue Little Red l\i\er, which, fresh from the 
mountains, murmurs a sleepy song as it passes along 
the outskirts of this playground city. 

.\mnng the interesting scenic places in this vicinit\- 
is Cornelius Falls, located about a h;df mile south of 
Ileber Sjirings. The water of a little mountain 
stream plunges over a precipice 70 feet high, scatter- 
ing its s]iray like a miniature Niagara over the rough 
boulders at its feet 

.Sugar Loaf Moimtain is within sight of the citv 
The original town of Heber Springs was once called 
Sugar Loaf. The mountain is almost .^00 feet higher 
than the valley in v.liich it stands. Thousands of vis- 
itors ascend this mountain to obtain a \iew of Little 
Red River, which winds through the \,illev and is vis- 
ible for many miles. The summit of the mountain, 
co\ ering about an acre, is level. To reach the top one 
mu'^t pass through a crevice in a wall which is known 
as the "h.it Man's Squeeze." 




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Mammoth Springs, a World Wonder 



Located in north central Arkansas, on the Frisco Railroad, 14. 
140 miles southeast of Springfield, Mo. Elevation 512 feet. 

pREMIER of springs is the Mammoth Spring of 
■I Arkansas — the largest in the world, a veritable 
river gushing from the mountainside, covering 18 
acres and 100 feet deep at its source. The waters 
of this noted spring are remarkable because of the 
unchangeable flow and temperature, never increasing 
or decreasing in volume, and registering approxi- 
mately 58 degrees summer and winter. The surface 
is in a continual state of efifervescence due to the 
large amount of carbonic gas held in solution in the 
water. 

In this wonderful spring it is believed there has 
been discovered a lost river, for just over the state 



2 miles west of Memphis, 17s miles north of Little Rock and 

boundary in Missouri two mountain streams, tum- 
bling down a 500-foot cliff, tunnel a natural bridge 
under an Alpine barrier and mysteriously disappear 
underground. The region where these peculiar acqua- 
tic antics are performed is only a short distance from 
Mammoth Spring and may be visited by the sight- 
seer who has a few hours leisure for the enjoyment 
of such a novel sight. 

Water power is generated from the flood of water 
tiiat pours over three great dams below this spring U> 
operate one of the largest flour mills in the South and 
to furnish electric light and energy to several nearby 
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valley and form Spring River, the bewitching charm 
of whose wooded banks, the ceaseless song of whose 
waterfalls and the sparkle of whose waters have 
gained for it the reputation of being one of the most 
beautiful streams in America. This little stream is 
50 miles long and there is the finest of fishing and the 
most delightful camping places all along its course 
through the Ozark foothills. 

One of the largest government fish hatcheries in the 
United States is operated at Mammoth Spring and all 
kind of game fish are bred here with which to stock 
the streams and lakes of the country. Bathing, boat- 
ing and fishing are popular pastimes. 



There are good roads for motoring and horseback 
riding, and tennis courts, ball grounds and play 
grounds where outdoor sports may be enjoyed at all 
seasons. Mammoth Spring has several good hotels 
and accommodations may be obtained in private 
boarding houses. The tourist who brings his tent will 
find comfortable camping grounds and every conve- 
nience for his comfort and pleasure. The premises 
about the spring and the grounds around the hotel are 
attractively kept and there are many beautiful homes 
and private estates in the city and along the country- 
side in this, one of the most beautiful parts of .Ar- 
kansas. 



Pearl Fishing in Arkansas 



FROM White River and its numerous tributaries 
in Northeastern Arkansas, the mussel shell, used 
in the manufacture of pearl buttons, is obtained in 
great numbers and the gathering of these shells from 
the bottom of the streams constitutes an important in- 
dustry. Many precious gems have been recovered by 



the pearl fishermen and it is said that the Arkansas 
pearls are superior in color and shape to those found 
anywhere. Some of these pearls have been sold for 
from $1,000 to $3,500 each. The boats of the pearl 
fishermen may be seen at Batesville, Newport, Poca- 
hontas, DeValls BlufiF and Clarendon. 




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Hardy-on- Spring- River 



Located on the Frisco Railroad, 126 miles west of Memphis. Tcnn., and 136 miles cast of Springfield. Missouri, on Spring 
River in Sharp County. Elevation 800 to 1300 feet; at intersection of the Ozark Trail and Pershing Way. 

NESTLING ill the foothills of the Ozarks where Bathing, boating, fishing, hunting, motoring, horse- 
flows beautiful Spring River, is the delightful back riding, hill-climbing make outdoor life enjoyable, 
little town of Hardy, headquarters of the Boy Scouts and the pure water, healthful altitude and pleasing 
an<l C'.impfire Girls and a favorite recreation jjlace landscape give strength and zest to the tired and sick, 
for the V. W. C. .A. and other organizations. Many who come in great numbers to partake of these pleas- 
Memphis people have summer cottages here and the ures. This resort may be reached by rail or by motor 
two splendid hotels arc lilled with tourists during the and there are goo<i camping places for those who pre- 
snmmer season. fer the tent to a house or a hotel. 



.Uonij llir -S'/. h'raiicis and Little Ri7'cr.s\ in .Vortlicast Arkansas, arc many hrantifiil lakes and fisliiiii/ 
f^laces 'ivlicrc club lionscs and luintiiK/ f'rcscri'cs have been established lUtss fishimj is at its best in these 
'.v'aters. and migratovx ducks and geese feed here on their 7va\' south in the fall and when reluming l<> their 
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A UTOMOBILES are in waiting at Ravenden Sta- The high elevation and woodland surroundings 

^ tion on the Frisco Railroad to transport the tour- make a pleasant setting for the large hotel and manv 

ist to the pleasant little summer resort, Ravenden cottages which have been built around the springs. 

Springs, located six miles back in the picturesque and here one will meet pleasure-seekers from man\ 

Ozark foothills, the ride being over a smooth pike states who have come to drink of the vaters and h- 



road and through a section rich in scenery. 



enjoy the quiet of this attractive mountain retreat. 



Kingdon Springs 



OOON after the White River line was completed known to the hill folks who would go tiiere to caMi|i 
*^ between Newport. Ark., and Carthage, Mo., and and hunt and lish, began to be sought by visitors from 
tourists began to seek this vacation ground, the at- other states, and Kingdon Springs was born, the re- 
tractions of the country about the headwaters of James sort being named by friends of the Gould family in 
Creek in the northern part of Marion County, long honor of Kingdon Gould. 




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Beautiful Lake Chicot 



LAKE CHICOT is the largest body of still water in 
the State, as clear as a Michigan lake, with pic- 
turesque banks and affording every pleasure in fishing 
and boating the sportsman could wish. It is eighteen 
miles from one end of this lake to the other and 
nearly a mile from shore to shore. The graceful curve 
of the lake reveals that it was once a big bend in the 
Mississippi River, from which it is now separated at 
either end by a narrow margin of land. 

On the west lirink uf the lake is the beautiful little 
city of Lake X'illage, seat of Chicot County, and its 
court house, hotels and many attractive homes over- 
look the Ijeautiful sheet of water. A bathing beach 
and squadron of pleasure craft are within easy reach 



of the hotel verandas and visitors enjoy here all the 
aquatic sports that a northern resort might offer. 

Motorists may now reach Lake Village from north 
and south over the Arkansas-Louisiana Highway, 
which recently was completed through .Southeast Ar- 
kansas, connecting beyond the state line with Louis- 
iana's system of good roads. This was one of the 
biggest road projects ever undertaken and is one of 
I lie best highways in the L'nited States. 

Comfortable and convenient canping places are 
provided for tourists and there is every attraction 
here to make outdoor life inviting. Sportsmen come 
for many miles to enjoy the bass anrl crop]Me fishing 
at Lake Chicot. 





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Synopsis of Arkansas Game and Fish Laws 



Of>en Season and Bag Limit on Came. — Bear, (ictr 
(buck or male deer) and wild turkey gobblers may be 
killed from November 10 to January 15. Only one 
bear, two deer (buck) and four wiKl turkey gobbler? 
may be killed by one person in one calendar year. 
^^'ild turkey gobblers may also lie kilkd fmni March 
1 to May 1 of eacli year. It is unlawful tn kill a due 
(female deer) or wild turkey hen al any season of 
the year. 

Wild geese, ducks, snipe, gallinule and. coo! irav lu- 
killed from Xovemlx'r 1 to i-'ebruarv 1. \ot more 



than eight geese, 2?i ducks, 25 snipe, 25 gallinule and 
25 coot may be killed by any one person in any one 
day. No person is allowed to have more than two 
days killing of ducks (not more than 50) in posses- 
sion at one time. 

Woodcock may be killed from November 1 to De- 
cember 31. No person is allowed to kill more than 
si.x in one day. 

Doves and plover may be killed from September 
1 to December 15. No person is allowed to kill more 
than 25 each in anv one dav. 




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Z?o A^o/ Shout at Night or Use Torch or Headlight. 
— Do not shoot over any of the waters of this State, 
or kill any wild goose or duck before sunrise or after 
sunset. Do not use a torch or iicadlight at night for 
killing of any bear, deer, wild fowl or game bird. 

Do Mot Use Dynamite or High-Power Rifle. — The 
penalty for the use of dynamite for killing fish is not 
less than one nor more than twelve months in the 
state penitentiary. 

License to Hunt and Fish. — Residents of the State 
to hunt deer, bear and turkey. $1.10; residents to fish 
with artificial bait, $1.10; non-residents to hunt, 
$15.00; non-resident annual fishing, $5.00, and non- 
resident trip fishing $1.10. (The trip license is for 
15 days.) 

Do Not Use Seines or Nets Without License. — No 
person is allowed to use any kind of a seine or net 
with meshes less than two and one-half inches square 
without paying the license as now provided by law. 
Except, that picnic parties and families on outings 
may use a seine not over 100 feet in length and with 
meshes not less than one and one-half inches square, 
between the first day of June and first day of Octo- 
ber of each year, for their own use. 

Furbearing Animals and Trappers. — Furbearing 
animals may be caught or killed from October 1 to 
March 1. 

No person is allowed to sell the pelt of any fur- 
bearing animal between March 15 and October 1 of 
each year. 

Any trapper using more than 12 traps or dead- 
falls shall be required to have a license, the fee for 
same being $20.00. 

Residents Max Ship Game and Fish in State. — Any 
resident of this State may ship fish, and the lawful 
number of game and game birds or fowls to any 
point in this State. All shipments shall be tagged, 
showing the name of the person or persons catching 
or killing the same, the contents of the package, and 
to what place being taken. 

IVho May Carry Game and Fish Out of State. — A 
non-resident of the State iiolding an annual hunting 
or fishing license, may carry with him out of the i^tate 
one day's kill or catch (not in excess of the bag 
limit), by compliance with Section 50 of the Game 
and Fish Laws or Section 4800 of Crawford and 
Moses' Digest. 



License for Market Fisherman. — For using seines 
and nets, $.=;0.00: hoop nets only, $25.00; trot lines. 
$10.00, and helper to a market fisherman, $5.00. No 
person is allowed to sell fish unless he holds license 
as a market fisherman or is the helper of a market 
fisherman. 

]h)gs and Dog License — A license of $1.50 each 
shall be paid on all dogs used for hunting any game 
or game birds or fowls. Do not allow dogs to run 
deer during the closed season or at any other season 
of the year unless the owner or keeper is with them. 
The stealing of a dog on which the license has been 
paid constitutes the crime of grand larceny. 

Confiscation and Destruction. — Wardens are re- 
quired to confiscate all illegal shipments of game and 
fish, and all game and fish unlawfully caught or 
killed, and use the same for charitable purposes. War- 
dens are also required to destroy all unlawful .seines, 
nets and other device found in use for catching fish 
contrary to law, and no action, civil or criminal, shall 
be maintained against them in any of the courts of 
this State for the destruction of same. 

No Bond Recptircd for Prosecution. — No bond shall 
be required in any of the courts of this State for 
prosecutions of violations of the Game and Fish laws. 

JVhere Vou Can Get License. — Resident hunting, 
artificial bait fishing, non-resident trip and dog license 
may be procured from the Circuit Clerk of anv 
County in this State. License of all kind required 
under the Game and Fish Laws may be procured 
from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. John 
W. Allen. Secretary, Little Rock, Arkansas. 

Squirrel may be killed from May 15 to January 
15. No person is allowed to kill more than 15 in 
one day. 

Quail or partridge may be killed from November 
20 to February 1. No person is allowed to kill more 
than 20 in one day. No person is allowed to have 
more than two days killing of quail or partridge (not 
more than 40) in possession at one time. 

Do Not Kill Certain Game or Game Birds. — No 
person is allowed to kill any doe (female deer), wild 
furkcy hen. prairie chicken. phea.sant or robin red- 
breast at any season of the year. 

Do Not Hold Migratory Game. — Do not have any 
migratory game bird in possession after ten days from 
end of open season as provided by Federal law. 





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SHKJ: 'JRJJYCK ROAD 

Roads that Lead to 
Automobi 

IT'ROM afar the tourist may reach Arkansas by rail- 
•*■ road train, automobile or boat. There are more 
than 5,000 miles of railroad, networking the state like 
the street car system of a great city ; there are thous- 
ands of miles of good roads extending north and south 
and east and west ; and there are more navigable water- 
ways than in any other state, making it possible for the 
visitor to cruise to many of the recreation places in his 
own pleasure craft. Fnllowing is a list of the more im 
portant railroads : 

Chicago. Rock Island and Pacific — Memjihis 
tiirough Little Rock to Oklahoma, with branches from 
Little Rock to Hot Springs and El Dorado. 

Kansas City .Southern — from Kansas City through 
Sulphur Springs, Siloam Springs. Fort Smith, Mcni. 
DeQueen, Ashdown and Texarkana to Port Arllmr, 
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Arkansas by Train, 
le or Boat 

Missouri and North Arkansas — From Joplin through 
Eureka Springs, Harrison, Marshall, Heber Springs. 
Searcy and Cotton Plant to Helena. 

Missouri Pacific — from St. Louis through Little 
Rock and Texarkana to Texas with connecting lines 
to Hot Springs, Camden, El Dorado, Pine Bluff, and 
Lake \'illage ; eastward from Little Rock to Memphis ; 
westward from Little Rock to Ft. Smith and north- 
westward from Newport along White River to Carth- 
age and K;insas City, Alo. 

St. Louis .Southwestern (Cotton Belt) from .St. 
Louis through Piggot. Rector, Paragould, Jonesboro, 
Llrinkley, Clarendon, Stuttgart, Pine Bluff, Rison, 
Fordyce, Camden, Stephens, Stamps and Lewisville 
to Texarkana, with train service to Memphis, Tenn., 
and Shreveport, La. 

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Louis through Rogers, Springdale, Fayetteville ami Berryville, Harrison, Marshall, Clinton and Conway 

Ft. Smith to Texas and from Kansas City through to Litle Rock. 

Mammoth Spring, Hardy. Hoxie and Jonesboro to Robert E. Lee Highway — east and west from Wash- 

.Memphis. with branches northward from Hoxie ington, D. C. to San Diego, Cal. — same as Bankhead 

through Walnut Ridge and Pocahontas to Poplar Highway from Memphis to Little Rock, westward 

F^IufF, Mo., from Fayetteville east to Pettigrew, from from Little Rock through Conway, Morrilton, Rus- 

Fayetteville west through Lincoln, and Prairie Grove sellville, Clarksville, Ozark and Van Ruren to Ft. 

to Oklahoma, and from Hope westward through Na.'jh- Smith. 

ville and Ashdown to Oklahoma. Jefferson Highway — north and south — through 




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ROAD MAP OF ARKANSAS 

PRINCIPAL .\L"T( ).Mi )r.lLI': !<;( ).\r)S Siloam Springs. I'ort Smith, .\lena. 1 )eQueen. Ash- 

Bankhcad Highway — ea.st and west — from Me iiphis down and Texarkana, with cut-utV through luircka 

through Little Rock and Hot Springs to Oklahoma Springs, Little Rock, Sheridan, Princeton. Fordyce. 

line. Hampton, EI Dorado. 

Pershing Highway — north and south — from Can- Ozark Trail — east and west — from Memphis to 

ada to the C.ulf, enters state near Corning, through Mammoth Spring. 

Pocahontas, Walnut Ridge, Newport, Searcy. Cabot, Missouri Highway — north and south— from Mntn- 



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moth Spring through Salem, Oxford, Mflbounic, 
Batesville to a point in Jackson county near Newport, 
where it connects with the Pershing Highway. 

Albert I'ikc Highway, east and west through [-"ori 
Smith gateway. 

Arkansas-Louisiana Highway — north and south 
from Grady to McGehee and thence by two legs ti) 
Louisiana line through Dermott, Parkdale, W ilnin',. 
Lake Village and Eudora. 

Federal — state roads through Government Forest 
Reserves. Boston Mountain Highway — north and 
south — from Russellville through Dover, Jasper, Har- 
rison, Eureka Springs, Rogers and Bentonville to Sul- 
phur Springs. Ouachita Mountain Highway — east 
and west — from Hot Springs to Mena. 



NAVIGABLE STREAMS 

Mississippi River — north and south along the east 
l)order of the state. 

Arkansas River — east and west, through the state. 

White River to James Fork, Mo., Buffalo Fork to 
mouth of Rush Creek. 

Current River, through the state. 

L'Anguille River, to Marianna. 

Little River (Northwest) to Hornerville, Mo. 

Little Red River, to near Heber Springs. 

Ouchita River, to Arkadelphia. 

Red River, through the state. 

Saline River, to mouth of Hurricane Creek. 

J^t. Francis River, to Lake City. 



Battle Fields in Arkansas 



Pea Ridge, northern part of Benton County, battle 
fought March 6, 1862. 

Prairie Grove, about ten miles south of Fayette- 
ville, battle fought December 7, 1862. 

Arkansas Post, January 8, 1863. 

Fayetteville, April 18. 1863. 

Helcn;i. fulv 4, 1863. 



Little Rock, September 10, 1863. 

Marks' Mill, two miles north of iulinburgli, Cleve- 
land County, battle fought in April, 1864. 

Poison Springs, twelve miles northwest of Camden, 
battle fought April 18, 1864. 

Jenkins' Ferry, on Saline River, about ten miles 
southwest of Sheridan. 



Let the State of Arkansas Help You Plan 

Your Vacation Trip 



THERE is at the disposal of anyone contemplating 
a vacation trip to Arkansas the service of the 
Tourist Division of the State Bureau of Mines, Manu- 
factures and Agriculture, which can be helpful in ob- 
taining routings and rates, if the trip is to be made by 
rail, or road directions if the journey is to be by auto- 
mobile. This is a free service performed not only for 
the convenience of citizens of the state, but it is cor- 
dially extended to the stranger in other states that the 
outing may be free from the common tourist troubles, 
pleasant and economical. 

From descriptions of the numerous resorts repre- 
sented in this book, and with the aid of the state map, 
the vacationist may select a place that suits his tastes. 
If he will then advise the Bureau of the number in his 



party, the date of his expected arrival, mode of travel, 
kind of accommodation required (hotel, private board 
or camp site) the necessary information will be 
promptly furnished. There is no charge for this serv- 
ice or obligation involved. 

The Bureau will undertake to give you the lowest 
round trip railroad rate to the point selected and sug- 
gest the most attractive routes. 

For the motorist it will investigate and report the 
condition of roads and advise as to the best routes. 

Lists of hotels will be furnished with their rates, so 
the tourist may make his own selection. 

Plans should be made early, so that all the details 
will be understood before the trip is started. Address 
all communications to 



TOURIST DIVISION 

Bureau of Mines, Manufactures and Agriculture 

Jim G. Ferguson, Commissioner 

State Capitol, Little Rock, Arkansas 



Calvert-McBride Printing Company 
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